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Other status types
As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the
following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the MāoriLand Court:
Crown Land
Crown Land Reserved for Māori
General Land (which maybe vested in a MāoriLand Trust)
General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a MāoriLand
Other status types
As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the
following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the MāoriLand Court:
Crown Land
Crown Land Reserved for Māori
General Land (which maybe vested in a MāoriLand Trust)
General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a MāoriLand
MĀORI INCORPORATIONS
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – MāoriLand Court
For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – MāoriLand Court (MLC) is the
New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māoriland.
It is very clear, however, that a sudden flood
of investigations began in Hawke’s Bay in
March 1866, leading to rapid tenurial change
in the province and a contraction of the area
in Māori landownership as grantees sold their
interests to private purchasers.
Awaiting Administrative Action
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Quarterly Schedule of Outstanding Applications aged over 6 months old held by MāoriLand Court or Māori Appellate Court as at 31 May 2023
Produced pursuant to rul 5.11 of the MāoriLand Court Rules 2011
A20170007136 6/12/2017 Taraire 1V - Application to the Chief Judge 45/93 Deputy Registrar 1.
Former Chief MāoriLand Court Judge, who then became a
Justice of the High Court, ET Durie provided the following analyses of the nature of Māori rights to land;
Maori see themselves not as masters of the environment but as
members of it.
Awaiting Administrative Action
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Quarterly Schedule of Outstanding Applications aged over 6 months old held by MāoriLand Court or Māori Appellate Court as at 31 May 2022
Produced pursuant to rul 5.11 of the MāoriLand Court Rules 2011
A20170006414 31/10/2017 CJ 2017/35 - Parihaka Papakainga and a trustee order made at 72 Taranaki MB 86 on 25 January 1962 - Application to the Chief Judge 45/93 Rihitia Totorewa 1.